Posted on 05/06/2020 4:16:16 PM PDT by Mount Athos
It could be more than a year before churches are allowed to resume their in-person gatherings, according to Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Pritzker announced a five-phase plan to reopen Illinois that gives guidance to schools, businesses, churches, and other religious centers about when they will be allowed to reopen. In phase three, gatherings of up to 10 people will be allowed. In phase four, gatherings of up to 50 people will be allowed. Gatherings of more than 50 people will not be allowed until phase five.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Pritzker confirmed that churches will be held to the same standards and not be allowed to hold in-person services of more than 50 people until phase five, even if it takes more than a year to get to that position.
"You know, that in phase three, there can be gatherings, church gatherings, of 10 or fewer. In phase four, 50 or fewer. So that's the guidance that's been given to me," Pritzker said. "I'm not the one providing that guidance. It really is what the scientists and epidemiologists are recommending."
Pritzker said the state entered phase two on Friday and will enter phase three on May 29 at the earliest. Face masks will be recommended in public until phase five is reached. Schools, restaurants, and bars will not reopen until phase four.
Phase five cannot begin until a vaccine is widely available or a highly effective therapeutic drug is released. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said a vaccine is 12 to 18 months away from being available to the public.
The Blue State Governors have become petty dictators. They don't care about the Constitution. The Blue States are under de facto martial law. These dictators need to be deposed, not sued.
You are so right about the Constitutional challenge. Challenge NOW!
Then thousands of small congregations will be meeting underground.
Synagogues? Mosques, too?
If you live in Illinois, your allegiance is either to Pritzger or to Jesus Christ. Take your pick.
And, if your bishops don’t have the balls to open up your churches, just show up on Sunday in your church parking lot and lean on your horn at the time when services normally start
Now go home and get your mask, peon!
Yeah, Pritz . . Fatboi
What about those?
What judges are you counting on? We have no justice system, and conservative judges are cowards who always limit their rulings. A single Hawaiian judge has shut down the president again and again.
I thought this was going to be from The Babylon Bee
He can still have outdoor rallies in a hangar. Less people and social distancing.
One lawsuit has been shot down, but the Thomas More Society is appealing.
After religious people finish with turning other cheeks and running out of cheeks, maybe some abortion mills could stop killing babies for profit if some people hung around in front of entrances.
Pretend it’s civil rights people blocking freeway ramps two years ago and there were “no arrests.”
Or the Occupy Wall Street sitdowns that started in September, 2011.
Or is it God fearing people have no rights?
...and by then all of the members will have become atheists.
Another underlying factor is wanting to bankrupt churches.
Is Pritzy’s wife still in Florida?
There is not going to be a vaccine. So the churches will be closed forever.
The Church Hierarchs have been as bad or worse than the Governors.
Very early on Metropolitan Nathaniel of Greek Metropolis of Chicago completely shut down all his parishes...not even live-streaming services.
Nothing.
this will not happen. Oh, they will try but lose as this one is in the constitution and supreme law of the land. Churches should be open now , of course doing it smartly and safely. Barr will slap this governor down.
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